I think we should have more discussion regarding MK material generation. Perhaps presenting everyone's ideas for options somewhere, then asking for advice from suitably qualified individuals (Peter Gutman?). -- Roscoe On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 4:21 AM, Milan Broz <mbroz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 05/27/2010 06:21 PM, Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe wrote: >> Milan Broz <mbroz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> (read from /dev/random can return if there is not enough entropy, it needs >> >> Nope. It blocks. > > yep, you are right :) > > The problem is that can wait very long time, so it should inform user that system > is out of entropy and ask for some action etc. > This should be part of the RNG handler in cryptsetup if using /dev/random is supported. > > Milan > > _______________________________________________ > dm-crypt mailing list > dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx > http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt > _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt
